ARS : Cyril G Gay

Team Projects (Appropriated | All) 138 projects listed

NEW MONITORING TECHNOLOGIES FOR IMPROVING RANGELAND MANAGEMENT

GENETIC AND BIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF RESPIRATORY DISEASES OF RUMINANTS

GENOMICS AND BIOINFORMATICS RESEARCH IN AGRICULTURALLY IMPORTANT ORGANISMS

MANAGING FORAGE AND GRAZING LANDS FOR MULTIPLE ECOSYSTEM SERVICES

PROACTIVE MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE RANGELAND PRODUCTION

LIVESTOCK LOSSES FROM ABORTIFACIENT AND TERATOGENIC PLANTS

THE TOXICITY OF PYRROLIZIDINE ALKALOID-CONTAINING PLANTS AND OTHER HEPATOTOXIC AND NEUROTOXIC PLANTS

POISONING OF LIVESTOCK BY VARIOUS LARKSPUR SPECIES (DELPHINIUM)

INTEGRATING FORAGE SYSTEMS FOR FOOD AND ENERGY PRODUCTION IN THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS

SUSTAINABLE FORAGE PRODUCTION FOR LOW-INPUT FARMING SYSTEMS

FORAGE SYSTEMS FOR SUSTAINABLE ANIMAL PRODUCTION IN THE MID-SOUTH

SEMIARID RANGELAND ECOSYSTEMS: THE CONSERVATION-PRODUCTION INTERFACE

IMPROVING ALFALFA AND OTHER FORAGE CROPS FOR BIOENERGY, LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION, AND ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

ASTRAGALUS AND OXYTROPIS POISONING IN LIVESTOCK

OPPORTUNITIES & LIMITS TO PERTURBING FORAGE PLANT BIOCHEMISTRY, GROWTH, & DEVELOPMENT FOR IMPROVING FORAGE NUTRITIONAL BENEFITS IN DAIRY SYS

REDESIGNING FORAGE GERMPLASM AND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS FOR EFFICIENCY, PROFIT, AND SUSTAINABILITY OF DAIRY FARMS

SUSTAINING AND ENHANCING SOUTHERN PLAINS RANGELAND AND PASTURE LANDSCAPES

IDENTIFICATION OF HOST IMMUNE FACTORS AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR MASTITIS

INTERVENTION STRATEGIES TO CONTROL VIRAL DISEASES OF SWINE

CONTROL OF OVINE RESPIRATORY DISEASE THROUGH GENETIC AND IMMUNOLOGIC MITIGATION OF PATHOGEN TRANSMISSION AND DISEASE

MINING THE GENOME OF RHIPICEPHALUS MICROPLUS TO DEVELOP NOVEL CONTROL TECHNOLOGY AND VACCINES

INTEGRATED APPROACHES FOR PROTECTION OF ANIMALS FROM VECTOR-BORNE PATHOGENS

IMPROVEMENT OF DAIRY FORAGE AND MANURE MANAGEMENT TO REDUCE ENVIRONMENTAL RISK

BITING AND STINGING PESTS: ECOLOGY AND BIOLOGICALLY-BASED CONTROL

HIGHER DIPTERA PESTS OF LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, AND HUMAN HEALTH: INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT AND ADULT BIOLOGY

BITING ARTHROPODS: INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

INTERVENTION STRATEGIES TO CONTROL AND PREVENT ENTERIC VIRAL DISEASES OF POULTRY

BIOLOGICAL CONTROL ORGANISM DATABASES AND ASSESSMENTS

ANIMAL AND MANURE MANAGEMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION AND REDUCED ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

COUNTERMEASURES TO PREVENT, MITIGATE, AND CONTROL RIFT VALLEY FEVER (RVF)

GENOMIC REGULATION OF SEASONAL INFERTILITY IN SWINE

DISCOVERY, IDENTIFICATION AND RISK-ASSESSMENT OF BIOCONTROL AGENTS FOR SUPPRESSION OF SOUTH AMERICAN INVASIVE WEEDS AND INSECTS IN THE U.S.

BLUETONGUE VIRUS PATHOGENESIS, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND CONTROL MEASURES

DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS FOR INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT OF STABLE FLIES

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF BITING FLIES AFFECTING LIVESTOCK

HIGHER DIPTERA PESTS OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY: SCREWWORM FLIES

BIOLOGY AND CONTROL OF TICKS OF VETERINARY AND HUMAN IMPORTANCE

MANAGEMENT OF TEMPERATE PASTURES AND SILVOPASTURES FOR SMALL FARM LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION

DEVELOPING GENETIC BIOTECHNOLOGIES FOR INCREASED FOOD ANIMAL PRODUCTION, INCLUDING NOVEL ANTIMICROBIALS FOR IMPROVED HEALTH & PRODUCT SAFETY

EMPLOYING GENOMICS, EPIGENETICS, AND IMMUNOGENETICS TO CONTROL DISEASES INDUCED BY AVIAN TUMOR VIRUSES

BIOLOGY AND CONTROL OF TICKS OF VETERINARY AND HUMAN IMPORTANCE

NOVEL THERAPEUTIC, DIAGNOSTIC, AND MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES TO REDUCE ANTIBIOTIC USE IN POULTRY PRODUCTION

GENETIC RESEARCH TO ENHANCE EFFICIENT AND SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION OF BEEF CATTLE AND SHEEP

DEVELOPMENT OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES AND METHODS TO ENHANCE THE UTILIZATION AND LONG-TERM STORAGE OF POULTRY, SWINE AND FISH GERMPLASM

INVESTIGATION OF GENETIC MECHANISMS FOR IMPROVING THE REGULATION OF FEED INTAKE AND NUTRIENT UTILIZATION IN POULTRY

HIGHER DIPTERA PESTS OF LIVESTOCK AND POULTRY: SCREWWORM FLIES

MOLECULAR BIOLOGY AND PHYSIOLOGY OF BITING FLIES AFFECTING LIVESTOCK

DEVELOPMENT OF TOOLS FOR INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT OF STABLE FLIES

TRANSMISSION, DIFFERENTIATION, AND PATHOBIOLOGY OF TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES

IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF DIVERSIFIED FORAGE-BASED LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

UNDERSTANDING GENETIC AND PHYSIOLOGICAL FACTORS AFFECTING NUTRIENT USE EFFICIENCY OF DAIRY CATTLE

RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT FACILITATING BOVINE GENOME SEQUENCE USE TO IMPROVE CATTLE PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY, PRODUCT QUALITY & ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT

GENETIC AND GENOMIC APPROACHES TO IMPROVE EFFICIENCY OF SWINE PRODUCTION AND PRODUCT QUALITY

IMPROVING SOW LIFETIME PRODUCTIVITY IN SWINE

STRATEGIES TO OPTIMIZE MEAT QUALITY AND COMPOSITION OF RED MEAT ANIMALS

CHARACTERIZING AND MANAGING ANIMAL STRESS/WELL-BEING IN LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION

QUANTIFYING HABITAT UTILIZATION AND REDUCING JUVENILE OYSTER MORTALITY IN PACIFIC SHELLFISH PRODUCTION

DEVELOPMENT OF APPROACHES TO PREVENT AND AMELIORATE DISEASES OF CATFISH

BIOREMEDIATION OF GEOSMIN AND MIB

UTILIZATION OF GENOMICS FOR IMPROVING PRODUCTION TRAITS IN COOL AND COLD WATER AQUACULTURE

INTEGRATED APPROACHES FOR IMPROVING AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH IN COOL AND COLD WATER AQUACULTURE

GENETICS, PHYSIOLOGY, AND HEALTH RESEARCH TO IMPROVE CATFISH PRODUCTION

IMMUNOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO CONTROLLING SWINE INTESTINAL PARASITES AND MUCOSAL PATHOGENS

BIOPHOTONICS - THE APPLICATION OF NOVEL IMAGING METHODOLOGIES TO LIVESTOCK PRODUCTION RESEARCH

BLUETONGUE VIRUS PATHOGENESIS, EPIDEMIOLOGY, AND CONTROL MEASURES

MINING THE GENOME OF RHIPICEPHALUS MICROPLUS TO DEVELOP NOVEL CONTROL TECHNOLOGY AND VACCINES

UTILIZING GENETICS AND PHYSIOLOGY FOR ENHANCING COOL AND COLD WATER AQUACULTURE PRODUCTION

IDENTIFYING BIOCHEMICAL PATHWAYS USING GENETICALLY MODIFIED TROUT (UNIVERSITY OF CT)

COUNTERMEASURES TO PREVENT, MITIGATE, AND CONTROL RIFT VALLEY FEVER (RVF)

HANDLING AND TRANSPORT STRESS INTERACTIONS WITH PATHOGEN BIOLOGY IN SWINE AND CATTLE

INTERVENTION STRATEGIES TO CONTROL AND PREVENT ENTERIC VIRAL DISEASES OF POULTRY

IDENTIFICATION OF DISEASE MECHANISMS AND DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED DIAGNOSTICS AND VACCINES FOR BRUCELLOSIS IN LIVESTOCK AND WILDLIFE

BITING ARTHROPODS: INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT

NUTRITION AND FEED DEVELOPMENT FOR WARM WATER AQUACULTURE

IMMUNOLOGICAL INTERVENTION OF MALIGNANT CATARRHAL FEVER VIRUS-INDUCED DISEASE IN RUMINANTS

HIGHER DIPTERA PESTS OF LIVESTOCK, POULTRY, AND HUMAN HEALTH: INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT AND ADULT BIOLOGY

STRATEGIES FOR FISH DISEASE CONTROL AND PREVENTION

DISCOVERY AND DEVELOPMENT OF CHEMICALS FOR INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT OF BITING ARTHROPODS AND URBAN PESTS

BITING AND STINGING PESTS: ECOLOGY AND BIOLOGICALLY-BASED CONTROL

GENETIC AND BIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF AVIAN TUMOR VIRUS PATHOGENICITY, TRANSMISSION, AND EVOLUTION

IMMUNOLOGY AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR JOHNE'S DISEASE

DEVELOPMENT OF GENOMIC TOOLS TO STUDY RUMINANT RESISTANCE TO GASTROINTESTINAL NEMATODES

STRATEGIES TO CONTROL AND PREVENT BACTERIAL INFECTIONS IN SWINE

FUNCTIONAL GENOMICS APPROACHES FOR CONTROLLING DISEASES OF POULTRY

PARASITIC BIODIVERSITY AND THE U.S. NATIONAL PARASITE COLLECTION

COUNTERMEASURES TO CONTROL FOREIGN ANIMAL DISEASES OF SWINE

INTERVENTION STRATEGIES TO SUPPORT THE GLOBAL CONTROL AND ERADICATION OF FOOT-AND-MOUTH DISEASE VIRUS (FMDV)

DEVELOPMENT OF CONTROL AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR AVIAN COCCIDIOSIS

CONTROL, IMMUNOLOGY AND GENOMICS OF SPIROCHETE DISEASES

FUNCTIONAL GENOMIC APPROACHES FOR CONTROLLING DISEASES OF SWINE

ECOLOGY AND PATHOGENESIS OF RE-EMERGING VESICULAR STOMATITIS VIRUS (VSV) IN NORTH AMERICA

STRATEGIES TO CONTROL AND PREVENT AVIAN MYCOPLASMOSIS

PHARMACOLOGICAL AND IMMUNOLOGIC INTERVENTIONS AGAINST VECTOR-BORNE BOVINE AND EQUINE BABESIOSIS

INTERVENTION STRATEGIES TO CONTROL AND PREVENT DISEASE OUTBREAKS CAUSED BY AVIAN INFLUENZA AND OTHER EMERGING POULTRY PATHOGENS

INTERVENTION STRATEGIES TO CONTROL NEWCASTLE DISEASE

GENOMIC STRATEGIES FOR CONTROL OF HERPESVIRUSES OF POULTRY

MOLECULAR AND IMMUNOLOGICAL APPROACHES TO CONTROLLING GI NEMATODE INFECTIONS OF RUMINANTS

STRATEGIES TO IMPROVE HEIFER SELECTION AND HEIFER DEVELOPMENT

IMPROVED NUTRIENT EFFICIENCY OF BEEF CATTLE AND SWINE

IDENTIFICATION OF BIOMARKERS FOR PRE AND POST WEANING GROWTH IN SWINE

IMPROVING GENETIC PREDICTIONS IN DAIRY ANIMALS USING PHENOTYPIC AND GENOMIC INFORMATION

OPTIMIZING HEAVY BROILER MANAGEMENT AND HOUSING ENVIRONMENT FOR SUSTAINABLE PRODUCTION

ENHANCING GENETIC MERIT OF RUMINANTS THROUGH GENOME SELECTION AND ANALYSIS

DETERMINE GENETIC DIVERSITY AND DEVELOP TOOLS FOR GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF OYSTER STOCKS FOR THE PACIFIC NORTHWEST

BIOLOGY, GENOMICS, AND INTEGRATED PEST MANAGEMENT OF INVASIVE ANTS

IMPROVING PRODUCTION EFFICIENCY IN WARM WATER AQUACULTURE THROUGH WATER QUALITY MANAGEMENT

INTERVENTION STRATEGIES TO CONTROL VIRAL DISEASES OF CATTLE

NOVEL INTERVENTION STRATEGIES AND GENOMICS FOR CONTROLLING MASTITIS

MANAGEMENT OF OFF-FLAVORS AND UNDESIRABLE BACTERIA IN AQUACULTURE

INTEGRATED APPROACHES FOR PROTECTION OF ANIMALS FROM VECTOR-BORNE PATHOGENS

CONTROL OF OVINE RESPIRATORY DISEASE THROUGH GENETIC AND IMMUNOLOGIC MITIGATION OF PATHOGEN TRANSMISSION AND DISEASE

EAST COAST SHELLFISH RESEARCH

INTERVENTION STRATEGIES TO CONTROL VIRAL DISEASES OF SWINE

MITIGATING THE RISK OF TRANSMISSION AND ENVIRONMENTAL CONTAMINATION OF TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHIES

IDENTIFICATION OF HOST IMMUNE FACTORS AND INTERVENTION STRATEGIES FOR MASTITIS

NATIONAL ANIMAL GERMPLASM PROGRAM (NAGP)

ENHANCING ANIMAL WELL-BEING, IMMUNOCOMPETENCE, AND PERFORMANCE IN SWINE AND BEEF CATTLE

DEVELOPMENT OF STRATEGIES TO CONTROL ANAPLASMOSIS

SAFEGUARDING WELL-BEING OF FOOD PRODUCING ANIMALS

INTEGRATED APPROACHES FOR IMPROVING THE EFFICIENCY AND SUSTAINABILITY OF MORONE AND OTHER WARM WATER FISH PRODUCTION

OPTIMIZING THE BIOLOGY OF THE ANIMAL-PLANT INTERFACE FOR IMPROVED SUSTAINABILITY OF FORAGE-BASED ANIMAL ENTERPRISES

IMPROVING NUTRIENT DIGESTIBILITY TO ENHANCE FORAGE UTILIZATION IN LACTATING DAIRY COW FEEDING SYSTEMS

IMPROVING THE SUSTAINABILITY OF LAND-BASED CLOSED-CONTAINMENT SYSTEMS FOR SALMONID FOOD FISH PRODUCTION

IMPROVING PRODUCTION STRATEGIES IN CHANNEL CATFISH FARMING

GENETIC IMPROVEMENT OF COLD WATER MARINE FINFISH

INTEGRATED AQUATIC ANIMAL HEALTH STRATEGIES

IMPROVING SUSTAINABILITY OF RAINBOW TROUT PRODUCTION BY INTEGRATED DEVELOPMENT OF IMPROVED GRAINS, FEEDS, AND TROUT

DEVELOPMENT AND ASSESSMENT OF A SYSTEM TO PRODUCE GRASS-FED BEEF FOR THE SOUTHERN GREAT PLAINS

EVALUATION OF MATERNAL AND PATERNAL GERMPLASM FOR INCREASING EFFICIENCY OF SHEEP IN WESTERN RANGELAND PRODUCTION SYSTEMS

METHODS FOR IMPROVING FEED EVALUATION FOR USE IN ENHANCING LACTATING DAIRY COW EFFICIENCY AND NUTRIENT MANAGEMENT

REDUCING COST OF EFFICIENT BEEF PRODUCTION

GENETIC AND BIOLOGICAL DETERMINANTS OF RESPIRATORY DISEASES OF RUMINANTS

COMBATING VIRAL HEMORRHAGIC SEPTICEMIA AND IMPROVING YELLOW PERCH AQUACULTURE FOR THE GREAT LAKES REGION

EMERGING ANIMAL DISEASES THAT EXIST OFFSHORE

DETECTION OF TRANSMISSIBLE SPONGIFORM ENCEPHALOPATHY AGENTS IN LIVESTOCK, WILDLIFE, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS, AND THE ENVIRONMENT

CHARACTERIZATION OF PROTECTIVE HOST RESPONSES TO AVIAN INFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTIONS IN AVIAN SPECIES

IDENTIFICATION OF DISEASE MECHANISMS AND CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR BACTERIAL RESPIRATORY PATHOGENS IN CATTLE

PREVENTION AND CONTROL STRATEGIES FOR TUBERCULOSIS IN CATTLE AND WILDLIFE RESERVOIRS

Projects

HEADQUARTERS COOPERATIVE PROGRAMS - ANIMAL PRODUCTION AND PROTECTION (APP)

Appropriated (D)

Accession Number: 408024

EMERGING ANIMAL DISEASES THAT EXIST OFFSHORE

Appropriated (D)

Accession Number: 408188

SUPPORT FOR PROCEEDINGS FROM THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ALTERNATIVES TO ANTIBIOTICS: CHALLENGES AND SOLUTIONS (PA-11-028)

Grant (G)

Accession Number: 422069

(PA-11-028) INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ALTERNATIVES TO ANTIBIOTICS: CHALLENGE AND SOLUTIONS

Grant (G)

Accession Number: 422144

INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION IN ANIMAL DISEASES

Specific Cooperative Agreement (S)

Accession Number: 414882

Publications (Clicking on the reprint icon will take you to the publication reprint.)

Report from the second international symposium on animal genomics for animal health: critical needs, challenges and potential solutions - (Proceedings)

Bishop, R.C., Lunney, J.K., Pinard-Vander Laan, Gay, C.G. 2011. Report from the second international symposium on animal genomics for animal health: critical needs, challenges and potential solutions. Biomed Central (BMC) Genomics. 5(4):S1.

Rift Valley Fever Overview and Recent Developments at USDA - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Linthicum, K., Anyamba, A., Gay, C.G., Britch, S.C., Chretien, J., Witt, C., Small, J., Tucker, C.J., Bennett, K.E., Wilson, W.C., Turell, M.J. 2009. Rift Valley Fever Overview and Recent Developments at USDA. United States Animal Health Association Proceedings. 112:256-265.

Pathobiology and diagnosis of animal transmissible spongiform encephalopathies: current knowledge, research gaps, and opportunities - (Government Publication)

Kehrli, Jr., M.E., O'Rourke, K.I., Hamir, A.N., Richt, J.A., Nicholson, E.M., Silva, C.J., Edelman, D., Gay, C.G. 2007. Pathobiology and diagnosis of animal transmissible spongiform encephalopathies: current knowledge, research gaps, and opportunities [government white paper]. Beltsville, MD: Interagency Working Group on Prion Science, Subcommittee on Pathobiology and Diagnostics. USDA, Agriculture Research Service. 33 p.

Genomics and vaccine development - (Peer Reviewed Journal)

Gay, C.G., Zuerner, R., Bannantine, J.P., Lillehoj, H.S., Zhu, J., Green, R.D., Pastoret, P.P. 2007. Genomics and vaccine development. OIE Rev. Sci Tech. 26:49-67.